An insulin-regulating hormone that had only been postulated to exist has been discovered. The hormone, called limostatin after the Greek goddess of starvation, Limos, tamps down circulating insulin…

In 1993, Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan gave us "defining deviancy down", a clever bit of alliteration based on the work of sociologist Emile Durkheim from his defining work of 1895. Durkheim wrote…

My wife bought me a “selfie-stick” (sometimes called Wand of Narcissus), which is ironic since I so rarely actually take selfies. But, once I took a look at its simplicity of design, I couldn’t leave…

Reaching consensus on climate change requires overcoming the social barriers between opposing groups. 350 .org, CC BY-NC-SA By Ana-Maria Bliuc, Monash University and Craig McGarty, University of…

By Joel N. Shurkin, Inside Science (Inside Science) - In nature — the rule goes — everything is connected to everything else, so it is possible that when you combine two methods of preventing a…

The rate of global warming that had been predicted in the 1990s did not come to pass. In the 21st century, warming has been significantly slower than all the models had predicted, leading to claims…

Inhibiting the action of a particular enzyme called polymerase theta, or PolQ, dramatically slows the growth of tumor cells tied to BRCA1 and BRCA2 genetic mutations which, in turn, are closely…

In the two decades existence of lab-on-a-chip (LOC), there have been lots of individual systems developed, ranging from lung-on-a-chip and heart-on-a-chip to the liver-on-a-chip and kidney-on-a-chip…

Naturally occurring arsenic in private wells threatens people in many U.S. states and parts of Canada, according to a package of a dozen scientific papers to be published next week. The studies,…

New research could lead to a better understanding of how the brain works in people with autism. Little is known about the cognitive processes involved. Researchers from Monash University and Deakin…